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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3949613" data-attributes="member: 704"><p>Providing a semi convincing evolutionary basis for various demi-humans and humanoid creatures may help quite a bit in enhancing suspension of disbelief.</p><p></p><p>However, I should point out that in typical D&D games, flat out creationism is a perfectly legitimate answer. My own assumptions within D&D are generally that the various races are created to suit the environment that their gods wanted them to live in. You can use whatever starting point you want for each of the races. If you want Elves and humans to share a single common ancestor, then you can run with that.</p><p></p><p>Now, if you are determined to stick with something along the lines of evolution, your general line of thinking sounds perfectly reasonable. However, I strongly suggest you pick more divergent starting points for various races. There is no reason to have everything even remotely humanoid and mammalian as descendant from great apes. Goblins can easily be descendant from rats.</p><p></p><p>END COMMUNICATION</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 3949613, member: 704"] Providing a semi convincing evolutionary basis for various demi-humans and humanoid creatures may help quite a bit in enhancing suspension of disbelief. However, I should point out that in typical D&D games, flat out creationism is a perfectly legitimate answer. My own assumptions within D&D are generally that the various races are created to suit the environment that their gods wanted them to live in. You can use whatever starting point you want for each of the races. If you want Elves and humans to share a single common ancestor, then you can run with that. Now, if you are determined to stick with something along the lines of evolution, your general line of thinking sounds perfectly reasonable. However, I strongly suggest you pick more divergent starting points for various races. There is no reason to have everything even remotely humanoid and mammalian as descendant from great apes. Goblins can easily be descendant from rats. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]
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